An Evaluation View of an Ensemble Artefact for Decision Support using Action Design Research

This paper investigates the integration of content, context and process (CCP) into the Action Design Research (ADR) framework to account for the interplay of organisational issues in artefact design and development. The investigation is conducted through a case study in which successive ICT student...

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Main Authors: Dale MacKrell, Craig McDonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Australasian Association for Information Systems 2016-11-01
Series:Australasian Journal of Information Systems
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Online Access:http://journal.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/view/1280
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spelling doaj-0345c0ab531847ac80e7a2e421cca9f62021-08-02T05:04:10ZengAustralasian Association for Information SystemsAustralasian Journal of Information Systems1449-86181449-86182016-11-0120010.3127/ajis.v20i0.1280601An Evaluation View of an Ensemble Artefact for Decision Support using Action Design ResearchDale MacKrell0Craig McDonald1University of CanberraUniversity of CanberraThis paper investigates the integration of content, context and process (CCP) into the Action Design Research (ADR) framework to account for the interplay of organisational issues in artefact design and development. The investigation is conducted through a case study in which successive ICT student teams incrementally build, over several semesters, a tailored, low cost business intelligence (BI) system as an ensemble artefact for an organisation in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. During project development, CCP’s human-centred approach to evaluation complements ADR’s more prescribed technology-driven software testing. The integration of CCP into ADR as an evaluation view offers an holistic approach to assessing an ensemble artefact. The resultant conceptual framework is presented as a model with an explication of unexpected design and research outcomes.http://journal.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/view/1280action design researchaction researchdesign scienceevaluationqualitativenot-for-profit
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An Evaluation View of an Ensemble Artefact for Decision Support using Action Design Research
Australasian Journal of Information Systems
action design research
action research
design science
evaluation
qualitative
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title An Evaluation View of an Ensemble Artefact for Decision Support using Action Design Research
title_short An Evaluation View of an Ensemble Artefact for Decision Support using Action Design Research
title_full An Evaluation View of an Ensemble Artefact for Decision Support using Action Design Research
title_fullStr An Evaluation View of an Ensemble Artefact for Decision Support using Action Design Research
title_full_unstemmed An Evaluation View of an Ensemble Artefact for Decision Support using Action Design Research
title_sort evaluation view of an ensemble artefact for decision support using action design research
publisher Australasian Association for Information Systems
series Australasian Journal of Information Systems
issn 1449-8618
1449-8618
publishDate 2016-11-01
description This paper investigates the integration of content, context and process (CCP) into the Action Design Research (ADR) framework to account for the interplay of organisational issues in artefact design and development. The investigation is conducted through a case study in which successive ICT student teams incrementally build, over several semesters, a tailored, low cost business intelligence (BI) system as an ensemble artefact for an organisation in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. During project development, CCP’s human-centred approach to evaluation complements ADR’s more prescribed technology-driven software testing. The integration of CCP into ADR as an evaluation view offers an holistic approach to assessing an ensemble artefact. The resultant conceptual framework is presented as a model with an explication of unexpected design and research outcomes.
topic action design research
action research
design science
evaluation
qualitative
not-for-profit
url http://journal.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/view/1280
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